Participatory project in Grandsaigne

Name: Participatory project in Grandsaigne
Start: 2023-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Clédat

Led by Maisons Paysannes de Corrèze for the rehabilitation of old techniques "current solutions for eco-construction" and by Masonry tuff; Laurent de Boislorey, trainer e…

Saturday 16 September 2023, 09:30Passed

Conditions

Free. On registration. Provide solid shoes («safety») and gloves, clothing safe. Shovels, picks, trowels, massettes... Free meal.

Registration

06 75 38 43 59

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Led by Maisons Paysannes de Corrèze for the rehabilitation of old techniques «current solutions for eco-construction» and by Maçonnerie au tuf; Laurent de Boislorey, expert trainer in
accompaniment of construction site (old, ecological and other construction), will guide you in the use of techniques and tools and materials «low tech» ecological and efficient.
For children, a tuff brick making workshop will be organized.
Discover an exhibition of tools and machinery from the Middle Ages, in particular
a carrier wheel (squirrel cage).

About the location

Clédat

19300 Grandsaigne

Corrèze
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Clédat is a 12th century village that was for centuries a relay for travelers and pilgrims between the heights of the plateau of Millevaches and the country of Tulle. Attested as early as 1164 in a bull of the pope, the small Romanesque chapel Sainte-Magdeleine was associated with the «House of the poor», hospice founded by the priory-hospital Saint-Gérald of Limoges.
Closer to us, at the end of 1943, the guerrillas of the 432nd FTP company settled in Les Bordes, below the village. The group of 25 resistance fighters will be attacked by the Germans on May 4, 1944; 2 will be killed, 3 taken prisoners and deported, the others were able to escape.
The last inhabitants left the village in 1963, leaving it isolated and abandoned in the middle of the immense Larfeuil softwood forest, an authentic and mysterious nature conducive to discovery and meditation.
Until 1954, every year at the Sainte-Madeleine (July 22), a very followed pilgrimage was organized to celebrate the virtues of the «good